For Mohawk’s Carbon Neutral product designations, purchased electricity is matched with RECs from Green-e certified windpower projects, and direct thermal manufacturing emissions are offset with VERs, a type of carbon offset which has been verified by a third party to a set standard.

Carbon offset: more accurately referred to as a greenhouse gas (GHG) offset, is a tradable commodity representing a unit of GHG emissions reduction or avoidance. Typically, a GHG offset represents a reduction or avoidance of one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). GHG offsets may be purchased by consumers and businesses to "offset" their own emissions, such as those associated with electricity consumption, product manufacturing processes, automobile use, and air travel. GHG offsets can be derived from a variety of project types that reduce or avoid GHG emissions, with diverse methods for measuring these reductions. Examples of GHG reduction projects include renewable electricity generation, energy efficiency measures, methane capture at landfill sites, soil carbon sequestration, and reforestation projects. Developers of these project types can sell GHG offsets to consumers or businesses to help finance their projects. http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/markets/carbon.shtml?page=0

Mohawk has partnered with NativeEnergy to purchase carbon offsets. Click here to learn more about some of the projects we support.

For Mohawk’s Carbon Neutral product designations, purchased electricity is matched with RECs from Green-e certified windpower projects, and direct thermal manufacturing emissions are offset with VERs, a type of carbon offset which has been verified by a third party to a set standard.

Carbon offset: more accurately referred to as a greenhouse gas (GHG) offset, is a tradable commodity representing a unit of GHG emissions reduction or avoidance. Typically, a GHG offset represents a reduction or avoidance of one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). GHG offsets may be purchased by consumers and businesses to "offset" their own emissions, such as those associated with electricity consumption, product manufacturing processes, automobile use, and air travel. GHG offsets can be derived from a variety of project types that reduce or avoid GHG emissions, with diverse methods for measuring these reductions. Examples of GHG reduction projects include renewable electricity generation, energy efficiency measures, methane capture at landfill sites, soil carbon sequestration, and reforestation projects. Developers of these project types can sell GHG offsets to consumers or businesses to help finance their projects. http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/markets/carbon.shtml?page=0

Mohawk has partnered with NativeEnergy to purchase carbon offsets. Click here to learn more about some of the projects we support.

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